#learning disability

[contradictoryinsomiac]

I do really want to learn another language but I barely have a firm grasp on the one I already speak. Feel like that’s important before moving on to another one.

[localratwithcowboyhat]

Life update!

I am exited and hope everything goes well, i have been in need of a wheelchair for so long

[thedysinthegraphic]

The last post was in mid May so I'm not sure if this blog is still active, but if it is can I please submit Ralsei from deltarune? :3

Ralsei from Deltarune has Dysgraphia!

[thedysinthegraphic]

Weird and not very common ball knowledge but Pleskit from Sixth Grade Alien? (Not the live action TV show, the books)

Pleskit from Sixth Grade Alien has Dysgraphia!

[the-autistic-librarian1998]

*People when I explain I’m in online school* “Oh, that sounds so hard, I could never survive that”

Me: “I understand that people learn differently, but for me it allows more one on one with the professor, it gives me more time to actually focus and understand the material, and I’m not crammed in a room for 2 hours sitting, trying to pay attention. It may not be right for you but it works great for me”

[flowersandelephants]

I think that this whole deal regarding a literacy crisis revealed just how ableist people are.

I'm gonna be honest, I haven't looked too much into it, but I still believe that this isn't kids being 'lazy' but rather them struggling because they have some form of disability. Laziness in itself sounds like a harsh term when you think of all the reasons as to why someone struggles/refuses to do something.

Over the last few months, I've come across a bunch of videos shaming teens/young adults who struggle to read or spell things. I've also seen a bunch of teachers and professors coming out and complaining, saying that someone their age should be able to read.

A part of me understands the frustration. Though I wouldn't let it out on the students. You're telling me that a person can graduate secondary school, go to higher education, and not once be considered disabled but just 'lazy' because no one cared enough to think about the fact that they very likely need accessibility to do some things? I'm sorry, but this is on the educators. It is your responsibility to help a student when they need it. I'd even go as far as to call it a teaching crisis rather than a literacy one.

I'm not going to say that the educators aren't trying to help their students because many do give in a lot of effort. They are just dismissing the real problem likely because they're uncomfortable with disabled people and don't know what to do with us.

Also, the small group of dyslexic people leaving mean comments because 'they can do it despite their disability' aren't helping at all. If anything, they're enabling the harmful idea that all people with a specific struggle experience it similarly. You all should be ashamed of yourselves.

[shortschizo]

everyone get nicer to learning disabled people NOW!

[selkieflesh]

oops! my "learning disability" no one ever specified about or treated me for uncovered in IEP testing in school so many years ago was dyslexia the whole time. my bad i thought it couldn't be dyslexia because i didnt fit the 5 year old white boy description of it 😭 oops! i cant read analog clocks or maps or sheet music despite being taught and knowing how to. also reading is exhausting and gives me a headache even though i like to do it. also gotten in so many "how dare you say we piss on the poor" situations from this.

Anyway look at Adult Dyslexia Symptoms if u relate 🙏